WEBVTT killed in a wrong-way drunk driving crash says they want justice. The crash happened in November. But 39-year-old Zlatan Vukasinovic wasn't charged with vehicular homicide - until today. KCCI's Laura Terrell is in the newsroom tonight - to tell us why the charges took 2 months. Authorities were waiting on toxicology reports which take weeks. That's why the suspect in booked in jail now - 2 months after the crash. Authorities say 39 year old Zlatan Vukasinovic was drunk and most likely speeding on November 10 - when he drove the wrong way on interstate 80 and crashed head on into another car near the east mix master. <THE DRIVER COULDN'T SWERVE TO AVOID IT JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENED SO FAST.> New court papers say Vukasinovic had a blood alcohol content of .118-percent when he hit 31 year old Frankie Sylal - who was on his way home around 3 am from working his shift at Prairie Meadows. Sylalom died - leaving behind a 3 year old son and many close knit fami members. <THEY AR DEVASTATED BY THIS LOSS. DEVASTATED.> Attorney Mark Penning represents the Sylalo family. He also represented them 15 years ago - when Frankie - then 16 years old - was charged with vehicular homicide in juvenile court. KCCI covered the story in 2003. Three Lincoln high school students died - after the car Frankie Sylalom was driving ... slammed into a utility pole. <HE WAS A 16 YEAR OLD CHILD. A COURT AFTER HEARING THE EVIDENCE SAID WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND HIM TO ADULT COURT. ONE CAR ACCIDENT. NO ALCOHOL. NO DRUGS.> The Sylalom family says Frankie living with that guilt his whole life - and as a result always tried to se the best in everyone. <IT'S A TRAGED ALL THE WAY AROUND.> The family - now devastated with yet another tragedy - hopes this crash teaches people not t drink and drive. <THEY ARE NOT LOOKING FOR VENGENANCE, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING, OF COURSE, LIKE ANYONE - FOR JUSTICE.> Vukasinovic is charged with OWI in addition to vehicular homicide. He is still in jail tonight because a judge ordered no bond.

Family members of a Grimes man who died late last year in a wrong-way drunken-driving crash said they want justice.

Des Moines resident Zlatan Vukasinovic, 39, has been charged with vehicular homicide after authorities said he was drunk and speeding the wrong way on Interstate 80, colliding with another car near the East Mixmaster.

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The crash killed Frankie Sylalom, 31, who was on his way home from working his shift at Prairie Meadows. He leaves behind a 3-year-old son and many close-knit family members.

“The driver couldn’t swerve to avoid it just because it happened so fast,” Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Nathan Ludwig said.

Vukasinovic was booked Wednesday into the Polk County Jail, where he is being held without bond. He is also charged OWI.

Authorities said they were waiting for results from toxicology reports, which could take weeks, before making an arrest.